137 288 SOROTZKIN, ZALMAN. (Lutzker Rav, 1881–1966). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written to Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko. Thanking Rabbi Botchko for his excellent letter to Chief Rabbi Herzog expressing a clear stance against the Sanhedrin proposal. Expresses his anxiety relating to internal problems of Agudath Israel. Mentions R. Aaron Kotler, Messrs. Tress and Harry Goodman. Two pages, on letterhead of the British Aid Committee for the Vaad Hayeshivoth. Stained and faded in places. London, Wednesday, Vayeitzei, 1949. $400-600 ❧ Son-in-law of the founder of the Telz Yeshiva R. Eliezer Gordon, R. Zalman Sorotzkin was one of the leaders in Eretz Israel of the post-war Agudath Israel movement, instrumental in establishing both the Va’ad HaYeshivoth and Chinuch Atzmai. R. Eliyahu Botchko (d. 1956), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok, established in 1927 Yeshiva Etz Chaim in Montreux, Switzerland. It served as a haven during the War for many scholars. Among the eminent personalities who studied there was the recently departed Gadol Hador R. Aaron Leib Steinman. 290 (YESHIVA ETZ CHAIM). Typed Document Signed, written in Hebrew on the Yeshiva letterhead. Concerning selection of the Executive Committee. WITH SEVEN PROMINENT SIGNATURES Rabbis: Aharon Kotler, Elazar Shach, Shlomo Zalman Zalaznik, Avraham Ya’akov Zalaznik, Nissan Aaron Tikutzinski, Chaim Yeshaya Aker, Chaim Berlin. One page. Jerusalem, 28th Tammuz, 1959. $1000-1500 289 (STRUCK, HERMANN). Tephilath Yisroel [prayers for the year] Original green crushed morocco, with Struck’s artists’ monogram on upper cover tooled in gilt. Also with his signature and Hebrew stamp. Tipped into front (10) and back (28) a total of 38 pages of PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH NOTES (see below). Also with a list of Struck family yohrzeit dates. Marbled endpapers. 24mo. Prague - Breslau, J.B. Brandeis, 1902. $1000-1500 ❧ MINIATURE SIDDUR - HERMANN STRUCK’S PERSONAL COPY. Tipped in are a total of 38 pages in which Struck records, in his particularly petite hand, listings (place and date) of his many travels throughout the European Continent, North and Central America, Palestine and the Middle East. Earliest entry dates from 1906 and the listings continue all the way until Struck’s death in 1944. In another hand there are further travel entries through until 1961. A religious Jew throughout his life, the renowned artist Hermann Struck (1876-1944) was a fervent Zionist who moved from his home of Berlin to Eretz Israel in 1922, settling in Haifa where he played a prominent role in the city’s social and cultural life while also maintaining his links to the artistic circles of Europe. PROVENANCE: By descent within the artist’s family. Lot 289